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Product Description: One of the most famous and tortured romances in history―between Elizabeth I, Queen of England, and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex―began in 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was nineteen. Their passionate affair continued for five years, until Essex was beheaded for treason in 1601...read more
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9781780760490 | Tauris Parke Paperbacks, June 19, 2012, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: One of the most famous and tortured romances in history―between Elizabeth I, Queen of England, and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex―began in 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was nineteen.
9781406700749 | Lightning Source Inc, March 31, 2007, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.
9780156027618 | Mariner Books, November 1, 2002, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: One of the most famous and baffling romances in history-between Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex-began in May of 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was just shy of twenty.
9780156283106 | Reprint edition (Harcourt, March 1, 1996), cover price $12.00 | also contains El Hobbit / Hobbit Graphic Novel | About this edition: Recreates the stormy, tragic romance between the sixteenth-century English queen and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex
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9780451223982 | New Amer Library, June 3, 2008, cover price $16.00
An analysis of the working partnership and intimate bond between Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley discusses the scandal and speculation that surrounded their early romance, the earl's servitude to the queen as her counselor and army commander, and her contrary treatment of him regarding her suitors and his second marriage. 25,000 first printing.
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9780670018284 | Viking Pr, November 1, 2007, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: An analysis of the working partnership and intimate bond between Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley discusses the scandal and speculation that surrounded their early romance, the earl's servitude to the queen as her counselor and army commander, and her contrary treatment of him regarding her suitors and his second marriage.
9780593056004 | Transworld Pub, February 1, 2007, cover price $33.30 | About this edition: Few relationships fire our imagination like that of Elizabeth I and her 'bonnie sweet Robin' - the Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley.
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9780143114499, titled "Elizabeth and Leicester" | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, October 28, 2008), cover price $16.00
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9780871139269 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, October 10, 2005, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: A descendent of Charles II and Nell Gwyn pens this fascinating account of the 'people's princess'--a woman born into poverty who became a well-known actress and then mistress to King Charles II.
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9780802142740 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, September 10, 2006), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A descendent of Charles II and Nell Gwyn pens this fascinating account of the 'people's princess'--a woman born into poverty who became a well-known actress and then mistress to King Charles II.
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9780156283106, titled "Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History" | Reprint edition (Harcourt, March 1, 1996), cover price $12.00 | also contains Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History | About this edition: Recreates the stormy, tragic romance between the sixteenth-century English queen and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex
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9780521019415, titled "The Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics: The Political Career of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, 1585â1597" | Cambridge Univ Pr, September 30, 2005, cover price $99.99
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9781903402016 | Blake Pub, February 1, 2002, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Offer a profile of Camilla Parker Bowles, discussing her relationship with the Prince of Wales and its effect on his marriage and on the public image of the British royal family.
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9781904034759 | Metro Books, October 1, 2003, cover price $14.00
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9780312314668 | St Martins Pr, July 1, 2003, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the life of the first duchess of Marlborough, discussing her friendship with Queen Anne, her use of personal knowledge and her husband's position to elevate herself, and the loyalties that marked her life.
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9781842122853 | Phoenix, March 1, 2002, cover price $19.95
Product Description: Colorful and exciting, Sir Walter Ralegh became a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. This world-famous explorer conceived and organized the colonizing expeditions to America; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England, and ended up in the Tower, following his secret wedding to Bess Throckmorton where he was executed...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9781842120897 | Phoenix, March 1, 2001, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Colorful and exciting, Sir Walter Ralegh became a favorite of Queen Elizabeth.
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9780521434850 | Cambridge Univ Pr, July 1, 1999, cover price $154.99
Product Description: Written by one of the foremost historians of the period, this is a highly original reappraisal of the role of Piers Gaveston in English history and of his personal relationship with Edward II. It challenges the accepted view that Gaveston had a homosexual relationship with Edward II and reassesses the main events of Gaveston's career, including his exile from England and the scandal over the alleged theft of royal jewels...read more
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9780198204497 | Clarendon Pr, July 14, 1994, cover price $155.00 | About this edition: Written by one of the foremost historians of the period, this is a highly original reappraisal of the role of Piers Gaveston in English history and of his personal relationship with Edward II.
Product Description: Since the beginnings of the British monarchy, members of the Royal Family have enjoyed illicit sexual relations. These have both shocked and amused subjects, while sometimes having significant political implications. Henry I, for instance, had over 20 illegitimate children, whom he used to further his dynastic aims...read more
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9780415007696 | Routledge, July 1, 1990, cover price $29.95
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9780415064552 | Reprint edition (Routledge, December 1, 1991), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Since the beginnings of the British monarchy, members of the Royal Family have enjoyed illicit sexual relations.
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9780198202240 | Clarendon Pr, November 14, 1991, cover price $180.00
Product Description: Piers Gaveston is perhaps the most infamous royal favorite in English history. Elevated to the peerage as Earl of Cornwall by Edward II in 1307, he was an influential figure in the first years of the king's reign. Gaveston's brief but turbulent career culminated in his murder in 1312...read more
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9780814320082 | Wayne State Univ Pr, February 1, 1989, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Piers Gaveston is perhaps the most infamous royal favorite in English history.
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9780718512613 | Pinter Pub Ltd, February 1, 1989, cover price $55.00
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9780720606720 | Peter Owen Ltd, September 1, 1987, cover price $22.95
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9780689705854 | Encore Editions, October 1, 1983, cover price $1.95 | About this edition: Chronicles the events of Ralegh's colorful life and provides insight into his temperament and ambitions in this penetrating portrait
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